In India and Pakistan: a member of a Pashto-speaking people inhabiting parts of south-east Afghanistan and north-west Pakistan. Cf. Pakhtun, n., Pa…

(A member of) a people of Mongolian descent inhabiting the mountainous region of central Afghanistan and parts of northern Iran and Pakistan.

A person of Indian descent living in Afghanistan or northern Pakistan; spec. a Hindu of the Khatri caste (cf. Khatri, n.).

A people of Iranian descent inhabiting Afghanistan and the Turkistan region of central Asia; now also spec. a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan.

The name of one of the most famous of the tribes of Afghanistan. Also attributive.

(A member of) a nomadic Afridi clan inhabiting parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan from the slopes of the Safīd Kūh to the border of Peshawar. Also…

A member of a people inhabiting parts of south-eastern Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan; = Pathan, adj. Cf. Pashtun, n. 1.